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coax

 
 
/kəʊks/ verb [T]

Translation

to persuade someone in a gentle way
güzellikle inandırmak, güzellikle ikna etmek, gönlünü yapmak
[+ into + doing sth] She coaxed me into joining the group.1160
(Definition of coax verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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